Vineyards & Orchards

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Building in Vineyard & Orchard Resilience

With the extremes in weather patterns, never has it been so important to weatherproof your vineyard.

During wetter months, capturing and retaining water in the soils is vital to ensure that roots, whether those of vines or a cover crop, can tap in to this resource during hotter, drier months. If the soil is compacted, infiltration rates become very slow...the consequences are far reaching.

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"There is a drought if there is no rain...

there is a drought if you can't capture it"

Compacted vineyard soil

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Compacted vineyard soil

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The repeated passes by vineyard tractors and equipment lead to soil degeneration and to the formation of almost impenetrable layers of compact soil (“hard pan”) below the surface.

THE EFFECTS OF COMPACTION

Reduced root health, vine growth & yields

Water logging

Loss of the vital soil microbiome

Significant run off

Loss of topsoil and erosion

Poor carbon capture

High applicant costs that

don’t always bring rewarding returns

Increased irrigation costs / water footprint

Run off

Waterlogging

Soil erosion

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WHAT RESULTS CAN YOU EXPECT?

Improved root development - density and depth of penetration; disease resistance

Improved soil BIOLOGY - CHEMISTRY - STRUCTURE

Optimised yield/quality potential by optimising rhizosphere conditions for microbial activity and root health

Reduced costs of e.g. irrigation

Reduced water footprint

Reduced run off / waste of any applicants applied

Reduced water run off, erosion, poaching & water logging

An investment in your REGEN JOURNEY to restore and maintain the future health of your vineyard’s soils

How does AerWorx compare with a subsoiler

Our Machines:

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Options available for the compact machines - improving the efficiency of the single pass

By performing several tasks in one pass, wheelings care minimised, saving on time, labour and fuel costs . Machines can be built to your specification.

Shown here with the A330 but other sizes are available from 1m widths upwards